Japanese shrine that honours war dead is vandalised again

A blue sheet covers a stone pillar on which graffiti was found at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted Second World War war criminals, has been vandalised again.

“It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the shrine’s dignity has happened again,” the shrine said in a statement.